Cross-Cultural Literary and Scribal Connections between Wessex, Brittany, and Francia

I am primarily interested in the morphology of the Insular script system, especially those scribes who adopt Caroline minuscule within their pre-existing scribal tradition, and what historical questions this palaeographical evidence can lead to. Within the scope of the CLASP project, my research concerns the identification and analysis of Anglo-Latin poetry. In particular, I research the manuscript witnesses of Anglo-Latin poetry and their wider transmission, dissemination and reception, especially via the Continent.

PhD, Palaeography & Manuscript Studies, King's College London

MPhil, English (Medieval), St. Hilda's College, The University of Oxford

B.A., English, Medieval Studies, College of the Holy Cross

Publications

'Standardization Through Hybridization: The Morphology of English Caroline Minuscule'

2019

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‘Change‘ in medieval and Renaissance scripts and manuscripts“. Proceedings of the XIXth Colloquium of the Comité International de Paléographie Latine, held in Berlin, 16-19 September 2015, eds. Eef Overgaauw and Ma...

This article seeks to explore the role of hybrid scripts in the process
of script change. By focusing specifically on the interaction of Insular-trained
scribes in England with Caroline minuscule, this article seeks to demonstrate
that hybrid scripts are the result of a scribe incorporating features of a new
script within their established scribal repertoire, and serves as a point of
genesis for a new script. Ultimately, it is hoped that the conclusions about
hybridity within English Caroline can be applied to other script changes
involving Caroline minuscule beyond.